diff --git a/README b/README
index ab78449d785..88715903516 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ Configure.pl; the configure system will re-build Parrot only
 if a newer version is needed for whatever version of Rakudo 
 you're working with.
 
+(If you want to build Rakudo on top of an installed parrot, make sure 
+that the development files are also installed (C<make install-dev>
+when installing parrot, or the C<parrot-devel> and C<libparrot-dev>
+packages on Debian). Note that an installed parrot still has to
+satisfy the minimum version requirement, so if you have an official
+parrot release installed, chances are that you can only build the
+corresponding Rakudo release on top of that, not the latest
+development version.)
+
 To run a Perl 6 program with Rakudo, issue a command like:
 
     $ ./perl6 hello.pl
@@ -127,7 +136,8 @@ bit, either on C<irc.freenode.net/#perl6> or C<irc.perl.org/#parrot>.
 Rakudo's official web site is L<http://rakudo.org/>, where you can
 find useful information for developers and users alike. There's also
 a Parrot blog at L<http://parrotblog.org/>, most Perl 6 related news is
-assembled at L<http://planetsix.perl.org/>.
+assembled at L<http://planetsix.perl.org/>. Links to many other
+resources can be found on L<http://perl6-projects.org/>.
 
 =head2 Reporting bugs